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How Can CIOs Accelerate Supply Chain Transformation? Think Less Planning, More Real-Time Decision-Making

Logistics Viewpoints

We are well into the era of real-time transportation visibility, where shippers and their partners can track freight in real-time across every mode of transport. Your real-time transportation visibility solution can tell you where your shipment is in transit, and the AI built into that solution can give you a highly accurate ETA.

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Walmart’s Massive Investment in a Supply Chain Transformation

Logistics Viewpoints

Blue Yonder is a leading provider of supply chain software solutions including several solutions that will be mentioned in this article – demand management, inventory optimization, replenishment, warehouse management, warehouse control systems, yard management, and transportation management. billion, 4.1% of sales.

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Understand the Pitfalls of IBP Before Embarking on a Supply Chain Transformation

Logistics Viewpoints

GEON Embarks on a Digital Transformation GEON Performance Solutions is embarking on a supply chain transformation. Their vision guiding this transformation is the creation of a highly effective IBP process. This will lead to a living model that over time gets deeper and more accurate.

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Sustainable Product Packaging Impacts Supply Chain Transformation

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Product packaging, especially in the consumer products universe is more than simply the vessel to hold the product and to protect it during transport. It’s Not Just About the Finished Products The changes in consumer goods packaging begin at the earliest stage of the supply chain: raw material sourcing. It influences sales.

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Top Five Transportation Trends

Logistics Viewpoints

Supply chain disruptions have brought about an age of innovation. From a transportation standpoint, this has included major technological advancements. In my presentation, I highlighted five key transportation trends that are changing supply chains from a technology standpoint. The Network Effect.

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A True Supply Chain Transformation Requires the Proper Talent

Logistics Viewpoints

How do we best handle surging transportation costs? The cost reduction includes sourcing, customs & duties, transportation, production, and inventory holding costs. The post A True Supply Chain Transformation Requires the Proper Talent appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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Supply Chain Transformation, Part One: The Transformation Imperative

Enterra Insights

He writes, “Global supply chains were clearly in trouble before COVID-19 arrived on the scene, but when it did, the weakness of our time-honored strategies for procurement, production and delivery became shockingly evident. ”[2] He insists supply chain innovation today is not a choice, but an imperative.